OFF IN GREAT BEND. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED. BOTH OF THEM WERE FROM UTAH. THE HOPE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL HAD ITS LAST GRADUATION CEREMONY TODAY. THE SCHOOL SET TO CLOSE AFTER LOSING IT'S CHARTER THIS YEAR. AS KMBC 9'S MATT EVANS SHOWS US - THE SCHOOL WAS A LAST HOPE FOR SEVERAL STUDENTS. FOR THESE 47 GRADUATES -- WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE MEANS A NEW START. CLIP 1 3.10 "IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE A THOUSAND THINGS AT ONCE, I'M GONNA BE HAPPY I'M UNIQUE BECAUSE IT GIVES OPPORTUNITIES." 1.34 OPPORTUNTIES LIKE GOING TO COLLEGE AND EVENTUALLY BECOMING A DOCTOR - SOMETHING HIS FAMILY IS GRATEFUL FOR. CLIP 5 4.48 "I AM VERY PROUD OF MY NEPHEW. THIS IS REALLY AWESOME - SOMETHING HE'S BEEN OUT IN RECENT YEARS... BUT LAST FALL - THE SCHOOL WAS MARRED IN CONTROVERSY WHEN STATE OFFICIALS ALLEGED IT INFLATED ATTENDENCE NUMBERS. THAT COUPLED WITH FAILING TEST SCORES CAUSED UMKC TO NOT RENEW THE SCHOOL'S CHARTER. SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOW WORRIED WHERE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS WILL GO. CLIP 72 1.07 "WE'RE THE LAST RE OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS."1.10 SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT ALVIN BROOKS SAYS EDUCATION IS THE FIRST BUILDING BLOCK TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. CLIP 73 27.09 "IF YOUNG PEOPLE EVEN HAVE A HIGH GETTING PREGNANT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS." 27.18 ALTHOUGH HOPE ACADEMY MAY SOON BE CLOSING IT'S DOORS FOR GOOD - SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE HOPE THEY GAVE THESE STUDENTS WILL NEVER FADE. IN KANSAS CITY - MATT EVANS KMBC 9 NEWS. SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING INTO BECOMING A PRIVATE OR CONTRACT SCHOOL BY THE FALL - BUT NO DECISIONS

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